Alternative Transport

Metrorail has provided alternative transport in areas where there will be no trains transporting commuters in and around Johannesburg this evening.Metrorail spokesperson Sibusiso Ngomane says they have also increased trains from the limited number that operated this morning due to the Cosatu strike. Ngomane says they have deployed overnight staff to ensure that there is sufficient transport for people travelling back home."In some corridors in the East Rand, like Springs and Nigel, we are going to be deploying a bus service to cater f ...

Guidelines Serve as Best Practices for Development of Market-Ready Alternative Jet FuelsWASHINGTON, April 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today reaffirmed its absolute commitment to protecting the environment in releasing its guiding principles for reducing carbon output, conserving fuel and finding jet fuel alternatives. The principles, titled Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels: The ATA Commitment, are designed to bring cle ...

The Energy department and partner Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. have opened the country's first refilling facility for compressed natural gas (CNG) to sedans, as tries to boost the use of alternative fuels for private transport.On Thursday, Shell opened its Mamplasan station along the South Luzon Expressway to private vehicles. Mamplasan, Laguna is home to the country's lone CNG freestanding retail station. It is fed gas from a depot in Batangas, where CNG from the Malampaya wells off Palawan is temporarily stored.The station has be ...

While Mitchells Plain main taxi rank has re-opened at the town centre following Saturday's shootings, drivers say their usual customers remain "frightened" and have switched to buses and trains.Eight people were arrested on Monday for two separate taxi-related shootings in the area, apparently in a dispute over the Delft and Hanover Park routes.A metro police officer stationed at the taxi rank said everything had been quiet since the weekend incident but they would be maintaining a presence.Taxi driver Amien Ebrahim, who is a member o ...

Western governors have agreed to take action within their states and also as a region to speed the development and use of alternative fuels, improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce dependence on foreign oil.A resolution adopted by the Western Governors' Association Saturday incorporates many recommendations contained in its new report, "Transportation Fuels for the Future."The report was developed at the request of the governors and with the assistance of more than 100 energy experts representing government, industry, the environme ...

By Jason WiestLITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas roads are increasingly traveled by cars running on alternative fuels, industry sales figures show.Sales of hybrid electric, ethanol-capable E-85 and clean diesel autos grew by 28 percent between 2005 and 2006 to 121,000, according to figures from R.L. Polk and Co. released Tuesday by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.Nationally, 1.5 million alternative fuel automobiles were sold in 2006, bringing the total number of such cars on the nation's roads to 10.5 million, according to the Polk sale ...

Metrobus is up and running again as of today in Johannesburg, after a two-month strike by drivers. Commuters were left to find alternative transport.The City of Johannesburg and two municipal unions representing Metrobus drivers, South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) and Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU) came to an agreement last week ending the strike that was marred by violence. Three people were killed and others injured during the stay way.Union members went on strike on January 29 to protest pay, sick l ...

By Ian BriggsCHESTERFIELD Special Cylinders, the Yorkshire company which manufactures gas storage vessels used by naval ships and submarines, is to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to raise £4m.The move is being made so the company can make acquisitions in related areas and grow its presence in global markets.The Sheffield-based company is to list as Pressure Technologies.Chesterfield, which can trace its history back to 1897, designs and produces large high pressure cylinders - up to 12 metres long - which used i ...

The Scottish Socialists have launched their manifesto for the Holyrood elections. Here are the main points of the plan.Scottish GovernmentBuild cross-party support for a referendum on Scottish independence within a year of the new parliament.Give prisoners the right to vote in elections.End uniform business rates.Devolve more powers, including health and transport, to local authorities.Lower the voting age to 16.HealthPush for the introduction of free school meals.Expand drug and alcohol rehabilitation and detox facilities.Scrap presc ...

The Scottish Socialist Party is to launch its Holyrood manifesto with a commitment to an independent Scotland.The left-wing party will also outline its plans for free, Scotland-wide public transport, in a bid to fight climate change.The SSP was co-founded by its former leader Tommy Sheridan, who has set up rival socialist party Solidarity.The SSP said that, whatever the outcome of the election, it would push for an independence referendum within a year.The party insisted that a Scotland-wide free public transport network was an idea " ...

TAINANAn underground railway project in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan hit a snag Monday when both the central and city government indicated that it is beyond their power and ability to fill a financial vacuum in the required budget.According to an estimate by the Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC), a budget of NT$29.57 billion (US$891.54 million) is required to make a 7.55-km section of the railway within the city run underground.The MOTC has asked the city of Tainan to put up NT$7.14 billion, but the financially ...

A SEGWAY WAS FASTER THAN AN SUV IN A RACEBy DANIELLE TORRENTA Segway took on a sport utility vehicle and won.As part of UF and Gainesville's bicycle- and pedestrian-safety event on campus Wednesday, organizers pitted a personal transporter against a Ford Explorer in a race across campus to see which mode of transportation was faster.Starting at the Reitz Union, the drivers were required to pick up small items at different locations on campus, from the O'Connell Center to Norman Hall. The Segway made the round trip in 22 minutes, while ...